2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
U-17-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2009
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Dates May 6–18
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Germany (3rd title)
Runners-up  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 33 (2.2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Germany Lennart Thy
Netherlands Luc Castaignos
(3 goals each)
Best player Germany Mario Götze

The 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the eighth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship since it was renamed from the original under-16 event, in 2001. Germany hosted the championship, during May 6–18, 2009, in thirteen venues, and the final took place at the Stadion Magdeburg, in Magdeburg. Spain was the current title holder, having successfully defended its 2007 title. The top 6 teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Qualification

The final tournament of the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the seven teams to join the already qualified host nation Germany.

Participants

Squads

For the complete list of players, see 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads.

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Advance to semifinals and qualify to 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Qualify to 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Switzerland 312042+25
 Italy 311134-14
 Spain 30300003
 France 302123-12

6 May 2009
11:00 CET
Spain  0 – 0  Italy
Report
Paul-Greifzu-Stadion, Dessau-Rosslau
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov Russia

6 May 2009
11:00 CET
France  1 – 1   Switzerland
Situ  76' Report  59' Ben Khalifa
Stadion am Bad, Markranstädt
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen Norway

9 May 2009
12:00 CET
Spain  0 – 0  France
Report
Stadion der Freundschaft, Grimma
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik Austria

9 May 2009
14:00 CET
Italy  1 – 3   Switzerland
Beretta  31' Report  29' (pen.) Nimely
 65' Gonçalves
 74' Kamber
Hafenstadion, Torgau
Attendance: 2,550
Referee: Georgios Daloukas Greece

12 May 2009
11:00 CET
Switzerland   0 – 0  Spain
Report
Sport- und Freizeitzentrum, Sandersdorf
Referee: Milorad Mažić Serbia

12 May 2009
11:00 CET
Italy  2 – 1  France
Dell'Agnello  38'
Sini  50' (pen)
Report  18' Kebano
Sportzentrum Taucha, Taucha
Referee: Paweł Gil Poland

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 330091+89
 Netherlands 311134-14
 Turkey 310235-23
 England 301216-51

6 May 2009
11:00 CET
England  1 – 1  Netherlands
Garbutt  69' Report  4' Özyakup
Stadion der Freundschaft, Gera
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Georgios Daloukas Greece

6 May 2009
18:15 CET
Germany  3 – 1  Turkey
Scheidhauer  11'
Buchtmann  51'
Mustafi  67'
Report  10' Hasan Ahmet
Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt
Attendance: 5,107
Referee: Milorad Mažić Serbia

9 May 2009
14:00 CET
Turkey  1 – 2  Netherlands
Muhammet  65' Report  40+1' Castaignos
 56' Ligeon
Arena Meuselwitz, Meuselwitz
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen Norway

9 May 2009
14:00 CET
Germany  4 – 0  England
Labus  13'
Thy  37'
Scheidhauer  56'
Götze  74'
Report
Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Paweł Gil Poland

12 May 2009
17:45 CET
Netherlands  0 – 2  Germany
Report  35' Thy
 44' Janzer

12 May 2009
17:45 CET
Turkey  1 – 0  England
Furkan  74' Report
Volksparkstadion, Gotha
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik Austria

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

15 May 2009
11:00 CET
Switzerland   1 – 2  Netherlands
Kamber  52' Report  17' Isoufi
 40' Castaignos
Stadion der Freundschaft, Grimma,
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen Norway

15 May 2009
17:45 CET
Germany  2 – 0  Italy
Yabo  70'
Basala-Mazana  76'
Report
Paul-Greifzu-Stadion, Dessau-Rosslau
Referee: Milorad Mažić Serbia

Final

18 May 2009
11:00 CET
Netherlands  1 – 2
(a.e.t.)
 Germany
Castaignos  7' Report  34' Thy
 97' Trinks
Stadion Magdeburg, Magdeburg
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov Russia
The champions on their lap of honour

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Striker

Italy Mattia Perin
Germany Marc-André ter Stegen

France Dennis Appiah
Germany Bienvenue Basala-Mazana
Netherlands Stefan de Vrij
Switzerland Janick Kamber
Spain Marc Muniesa
Turkey Furkan Şeker

Italy Stephan El Shaarawy
Spain Álex
Italy Marco Fossati
Netherlands Shabir Isoufi
England Jack Wilshere
Germany Reinhold Yabo
Germany Matthias Zimmermann

Switzerland Nassim Ben Khalifa
Italy Giacomo Beretta
Netherlands Luc Castaignos
Italy Simone Dell'Agnello
Germany Mario Götze
Germany Lennart Thy

Countries to participate in 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

References